Four arrested at meth lab near East Washington Academy

Jennifer Warner (l-r), Shaun Blankenship, Ronald Wallace.

Four people were arrested Wednesday in connection with a methamphetamine lab one block away from East Washington Academy.

Police made contolled purchases of meth from Jennifer Warner at 219 N. Hackley St., on Tuesday and Wednesday, according to police reports. The Delaware County sheriff's office SWAT team executed a search warrant at that address just before 9 p.m. Wednesday. There, they found two large bags of materials for making meth, and 2 grams of meth, plus another gram of the drug in the possession of Shaun Blankenship, police reported.

The house is within about 165 feet of the elementary school.

Arrested on Wednesday were:

» Jennifer Warner, 32, charged with maintaining a common nuisance, a Class D felony; possession of methamphetamine, a Class B felony; illegal drug lab, a Class C felony, and dealing methamphetamine, a Class A felony. Warner, whose six-year-old daughter lived at the house, was also charged with neglect of a dependent, a Class D felony.

» Ronald Wallace, 34, also a resident of the address, charged with maintaining a common nuisance, possession of methamphetamine and illegal drug lab.

» Blankenship, 31, charged with maintaining a common nuisance and possession of methamphetamine.

» Judith Bowling, 31, charged with maintaining a common nuisance.

Warner and Wallace were listed as residents of the Hackley Street address; both of them and Blankenship were being held without bond.